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title: כֹּבֶד — weight · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֹּבֶד (3514), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: weight. BDB 1906: heaviness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֹּבֶד

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«כֹּבֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **weight** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 3514 · **BDB:** כֹּ֫בֶד

### Glosses

\[the\].weight (2); weight (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3514/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

heaviness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3514/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] heaviness, weight of a stone Pr 27:3. mass, abundance, of corpses Na 3:3. vehemence, of war Is 21:15, of storm Is 30:27.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כֹּבֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3514/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.3/)

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כֹּֽבֶד־אֶ֭בֶן וְנֵ֣טֶל הַח֑וֹל וְכַ֥עַס אֱ֝וִ֗יל כָּבֵ֥ד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].weight of.a.stone and the.burden of.(the) sand and.\[the\] provocation of.a.fool \[is\].heavy more than both.of.them

*JPS 1917:* A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

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[Isaiah 21:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.15/)

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כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֥י חֲרָב֖וֹת נָדָ֑דוּ מִפְּנֵ֣י ׀ חֶ֣רֶב נְטוּשָׁ֗ה וּמִפְּנֵי֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת דְּרוּכָ֔ה וּמִפְּנֵ֖י כֹּ֥בֶד מִלְחָמָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) from before swords they.have.fled from before a.sword drawn and from before a.bow bent and from before \[the\].weight of.battle

*JPS 1917:* For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

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